One dead after Alsip motorcycle crash

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Rosemary R. SobolTribune reporter

A Blue Island man has died following a traffic crash in southwest suburban Alsip Friday afternoon near Burr Oak Cemetery.

Bhrett Green, 53, of the 2300 block of Vernon Street, was riding a motorcycle that crashed with a car at 123rd Street and Cicero Avenue in Alsip, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

The motorcycle rear-ended a 4-door car as they were northbound on Cicero Avenue about 3:30 p.m., said Alsip Fire Deputy Chief Tom Styczynski.

Paramedics were on the scene for less than five minutes treating the sole occupant of the motorcycle and he was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in "traumatic arrest," Styczynski said.

Green was pronounced dead there at 3:57 p.m., according to the medical examiner's office. An autopsy is scheduled for today that will determine the cause and manner of his death.

The deputy chief said a woman who was a passenger in the car was also taken to Christ, but she did not suffer any serious injuries. The driver was not injured.

The motorcycle had to be towed from the scene but the car was drivable and no one was extricated.

Styczynski did not know the cause of the crash but said it was sunny and dry at the time.